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Table 2 All-cause mortality and hospitalization or all-cause mortality within a year in patients diagnosed with MRSA compared with matched patients free of MRSA from the GPRD (2001–2004) The hazard ratio is adjusted for all variables in Table 1. Death or hospitalization patients were followed until first event of either kind and only counted once.

From: Mortality after infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) diagnosed in the community

Characteristic

n

Events

Person-years of follow-up

Rate of event per 100 years

Crude HR

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

Death

       

Patients with MRSA

1439

313

1224

25.6

4.85

4.08

(3.54–4.69)

Patients without MRSA

14,090

709

13510

5.2

1.00

1.00

(Reference)

Death or hospitalization

       

Patients with MRSA

1439

485

1106

43.9

3.93

3.31

(2.97–3.69)

Patients without MRSA

14090

1440

13106

10.2

1.00

1.00

(Reference)